Roche starts late-stage trial for eye drug lampalizumab

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Roche starts late-stage trial for eye drug lampalizumab

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/roche-starts-stage-trial-eye-drug-lampalizumab-052235980--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eVJZEQ.81usooxO6aZomsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-15T052235Z_1_LYNXMPEA8E04L_RTROPTP_2_ROCHE-CHINA-FRAUD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside the Shanghai Roche Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. headquarters in Shanghai" align="left" title="The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside the Shanghai Roche Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. headquarters in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche said on Monday it had started late-stage trials for its experimental drug lampalizumab as a treatment for a serious eye disease. The Basel-based firm has initiated Phase III trials for lampalizumab as a treatment for geographic atrophy, a leading cause of blindness in adults over 55, which gradually causes vision loss in the macula, making it harder to read, drive and recognise people's faces. (Reporting by Caroline Copley)</p><br clear="all"/>

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